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Pension Fund Abuse?
We missed this at the very bottom of Friday's article on Shortshanks' son and nephew hiring criminal defense attorneys: Vanecko and Davis are…
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Forensic Audit of Pension Fund
A great idea: We, the Retirees of the Chicago Police Department, Widows, Widowers, and active Police Officers are requesting a complete forensic audi…
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Here Comes "Reform"
A deal has been reached for state pensions , the lions share of Illinois' problems: After years of lurches and stops, House and Senate leaders fi…
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Emanuel Wants It All
And he's telling everyone up front he's going to do it : In contrast to his main rivals in the mayor’s race, Rahm Emanuel has told labor le…
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Pension Dwindling
Not good news : Last week, between cookouts and fireworks, it came to my attention that the City of Chicago CAFR (Comprehensive Annual Financial Repo…
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TIFs to Pensions
A radical proposal.....not: What the City of Chicago spent in each of the last several years on tax-increment financing funding exceeded what it ow…
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Pension Money Arrives!
We're saved!!! (not) Standard & Poor's Rating Services' tab is $1.38 billion — including $52.5 million for Illinois — to resolve lon…
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Rauner Lied?
Color us shocked that a politician would lie: Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday announced a massive pension overhaul bill that he said would save billi…
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The Noose Tightens
We aren't sure who should get the credit, but this is a good thing : City pension officials have been hit with subpoenas from a federal grand jur…
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Rahm's Bright Idea - Statewide Relief
This is going to go over well: Mayor Rahm Emanuel is lifting the veil a bit on how he intends to deal with the other half of Chicago's pension …
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Madigan Springs Pension Bill
This popped up in our e-mail alerts : Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 * 11:58 am - House Speaker Michael Madigan has filed a pension reform proposal. I’m st…
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Pension Board Results
The only change? The Patrolman's rep: Patrolman Member 3641 total votes Michael Shields* 1631---44.80% (i) Steve Robbins 1138---31.26% John …
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Not on the Radar
Remember months ago when the mayor's nephew, cousin or whatever the hell he was got a pile of our pension money to invest in some real estate ven…
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HB 3827 Pulled - for Now
From the comments (and the FOP site we are told): House Bill 3827 Update State Representative Cross initially introduced HB3827 which would have had…
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Sue the City?
Serious question. Is there any reason that a concerned member, perhaps even a concerned Board Member, can't file a lawsuit against the City of Ch…
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Pension Bill Getting Attention
Hopefully, to be derailed during the veto session : City employee union leaders reacted furiously Thursday to a new bill in the Illinois General Ass…
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Daley's Pension
Remember, it's all those greedy police officers and fire fighters bankrupting the state : When Mayor Daley leaves office in a couple of weeks, no…
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No Pension for You!
It's worse than anyone has even hinted at: Chicago's public pension funds are teetering on the brink of insolvency in large part because ci…
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Pension Mess
We're sure this plays right into the hands of the politicians, pitting government worker against government worker, but facts are facts. Here'…
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Pension Money Questions
FoxNews did a piece on how a secretary for the Pension Board is going to law school on our dime. This would appear to be another expose launched at…
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